Written text - the nuts and bolts of writing for the exam

Here is the marking schedule AND the definitions of key words in the marking schedule - UNDERSTANDING, CONVINCING and PERCEPTIVE.




Here is a powerpoint on how to write an essay on 'Night' by Elie Wiesel.



Here is a second powerpoint that breaks down the SEXY structure. Excuse the repeated information, but it's important!

Sample exam paper from NZQA for 2011

This is the sample exam paper for written texts from NZQA. The questions you get will be similar in nature and structure to these.




Here is the question on 'ideas' that we started to work on in class. It provides a really useful thinking map for the planning stage of answering the question.